2003 Tobacco Free Nurses: Leadership and Advocacy Project

The Tobacco Free Nurses: Leadership and Advocacy Project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in partnership with the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center:

RWJF Grant ID: #3341SC (subaward of RWJF Grant ID #047139):

Combined Goals: To ensure that the nursing profession is prepared to actively promote health by decreasing the threat of tobacco use. The primary aims were to 1) support and assist smoking cessation efforts of nursing professionals and nursing students; 2) enhance the culture of nurses as advocates of a smokefree society; 3) provide tobacco control resources for use in patient care to assist in cessation efforts

Partnering Organization: Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American Nurses Foundation/American Nurses Association, the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations and the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses